Deadly venomous South American bushmaster, the third longest venomous snake in the world
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The South American bushmaster (Lachesis muta) is the longest viper in the world and the third longest venomous snake in the world. This pit viper is rare and secretive. Although it is deadly venomous, it is a calm snake which lives far away from people. In this video you will see bushmasters in their natural habitat - the Amazon rainforest. You will also see us finding bushmasters, working with them and filming them.
Lived in Panama for four years and camped many nights in the jungle. Was always worried I’d run into one of these, even though they’re much less aggressive than the testy Fer-de-Lance. My friend got bit by a Fer-de-Lance on a jungle trail, 40 miles from the nearest hospital and miraculously survived. We were scared to death of all these snakes lurking in the jungles!
Thanks for watching! Bushmasters are uncommon and very shy snakes.
I was Stationed in Panama 81-83 and only seen 1 bushmaster but many Fer de Lance .
When I was young, this was the snake that fascinated me the most from the books that I had. I immensely enjoyed this. Very well done!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your support! 🙂
It's not just their length that is impressive, but they are really girthy & solid. Extremely dangerous venom & lots of it, if bitten you're going to be in a world of hurt & most likely dead! Gorgeous snake 🐍💕🐍
They are certainly impressive, yes.
If Your Not Dead You Going To Lose Something Like A Finger Hand Arm Toes Foot Or Leg
I love the deep red amber color of this snake’s eyes!!! Very cool snake though not one to be messed with!!!
My bushmaster is very long and girthy as well. The venom is so nuts it makes single moms and destroys entire towns
I got something really girthy and solid you’d like lol
Once more an absolute professional film with wonderful pictures! Thanks a lot, Bo 🇨🇭
Thank you very much! Great that you love our videos! 🙏
This is my favorite channel for snake discussions.
That is awesome to hear!
Wow what a fantastic looking snake. The patterns on it are amazing!!
Thank you very much for watching!
Impressive videography!
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!
Wow, such a huge and scary one~
Thank you for sharing this awesome video~🤗
Thank you for watching! It is our pleasure to share our footage! 🙂
A wonderful adventure and education! You are both so brave and fantastic guardians of these magnificent creatures. Thank you!
Thank you very much! The trip to Peru was a big adventure and we luckily found bushmasters so we can educate people about them 🙂
I really enjoy watching your videos. Plus you always answer people comments. Thanks for educating us
So nice of you! We try to answer to comments because it is part of the education :) We hope that we changed many people's fear of snakes into admiration!
Beautiful camouflage and huge respect for the artistic work bringing this to our screens 😁... super job.
Thank you very much! We try to show the beauty of snakes in the best possible way! :)
I like the natural sound without speech . The text explanations are OK . 👍
Great that you love this style! Most of our videos are like this 🙂
Absolutely beautiful snakes, and as always great video. I love the Bushmasters, but I love to see all the snakes you find.
I wish I could take a road trip to see Bothriechis aurifer in the cloud forests of Mexico & Guatemala. 💚🥰
Thanks 👍 Finding snakes in the wild is so cool and we are happy that we can share these moments! Mexico and Guatemala are definitely great places for herping!
What an absolute gorgeous animal! Also thanks for putting Imperial measurements after the metric.
Our pleasure! We try to make our videos interesting and educative for people from different parts of the world :)
Another great video. Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much for watching!
Once again a cool video of one of my favorite sneks! Thanks!🐍🐍🐍
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏
Thanks for another amazing video. It was interesting to see the variability in colouration between different specimens.
Welcome! The variability was higher than we expected! Thank you for your support! 🙏
I am wondering if there is a term which best describes this camouflage diversity?? Presumably this allows greater range and habitat choices?
Another great video. Thanks for all the work you two put in. Myself and a lot of others really appreciate it.
This was a tough snake to find and film and we are so happy that we can share this footage! Thank you for your support!
Your Crew finds all the 🐍
Not all, but we try hard!
I love it the colouration is crazy 😮😮
This species has a beautiful coloration 🙂
I live in Trinidad, and we have both the Fer-de-Lance and Bushmaster snakes. Only one hospital in the eastern district of Sangre Grande carries anti-venom. However, because of our horrible traffic situation, to be bitten in the deep southern part of our country and to get to Sangre Grande can be challenging......You may die !!
Fortunately snakebites are pretty rare, and very little people venture into the deep forests. Even during the hunting season, you don't hear or read of reports of snakebites.
Trinidad & Tobago.
West Indies.
Thanks for watching! Great to hear that snakebites are rare in Trinidad!
@@LivingZoology I forgot to thank you for the wonderful presentation.
Regards.
Trinidad & Tobago.
West Indies.
What a beautiful bushmaster! It's really bushmaster, thanks for the video.
Thank you for watching our videos!
It frequently is found in the same areas as the Fer-de-lance, another very dangerous snake with deadly venom
Yes, Bothrops atrox is often found in same areas.
The jungle environment is so relaxing & soothing that just want to live there right now.
The sounds of the rainforest are awesome, we agree! But otherwise it is a quite harsh place to live! :D
@@LivingZoology yeah their are so many deadly creepy crawlers & other dangerous animals too .
Spoken by someone that has no clue.
This video is so awesome, it gave my brain ASMR effects & made me so relaxed, Thank u so much.
You're welcome 😊
Thanks for showcasing the beautiful bushmaster. They can be found in abundance in the jungles of my country, Guyana. We also have the fer-de-lance but call it "carpet labaria" or just "labaria". The term "carpet" is due to it resembling the patterns in a piece of carpet. In Belize, they call the labaria the "tommy goff".
Thanks for watching! We recently went to Suriname, where we found two bushmasters and many labarias! :)
Great Job 👏 to reveal beauty snakes 🐍, waited for this one & loved ❤
Thank you so much, great that you love our new video!
The guy in the green shirt at 15:35 is too jumpy. He practically smashed that bushmaster's tail. He's gotta chill, frantic sudden movements are what causes accidents.
Other than that great video! 🐍
Thanks! Yes, that’s our young friend, who is still learning from us and we know that it could have been done better 😉
Scary but awesome snake.
Not so scary, mostly beautiful! ;)
Great Videos
Glad you like them!
Oh my goodness, these highly decorated snakes are so beautiful. The "Bushmaster" is the most beautiful of all the snakes, (in my opinion)! I'm terrified of snakes but enjoy watching your videos. You have many snakes that you've videoed over the years and I was wondering if you have ever heard of or filmed a venomous snake that's rear-fanged that protrudes out of the back sides of its mouth and it's impossible to handle it by hand because of the protruding back fangs. If you have or know of this snake, please inform me ASAP! Years ago the late Steve Irwin was showing this snake and that was the last time I heard of this snake. Keep the videos coming!!!!
Thank you for watching our videos! Bushmasters are amazing, we agree. You are talking about burrowing asps (Atractaspis), we have some footage of these snakes, but not enough for a separate video about them yet :)
@@LivingZoology Thank u so much for your prompt reply to my comment. I look forward to more of your videos. Keep em' coming and be safe!
snake close encounter...awsm video sir..
Thanks for watching!
Good vedio.....come on snake lovers
Thank you very much!
How perfect is There camouflage that blend in so well to their surroundings.
Exactly, they have super camouflage!
Have you found and photograph all the species?
@@daniellatimore213 We found two species of bushmasters so far.
@@daniellatimore213 We found two species of bushmasters so far.
😲 I jus can't believe it
Thanks for watching!
It looks like a bigger version of a moccasin
Aren't they the longest Pit Viper in the world?
They are, the longest pit viper or any viper in the world.
❤🙏 The bucket/box is called a tub or tote in America
Thanks!
They should use a tub with levered lid latches that can be secured with a padlock or a metal ring.
Ularnya sangar 👍🏽👍🏽
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Hai saya penonton kamu dari Indonesia😊
Thank you, greetings from the Czech Republic!
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If it is possible to obtain headlamps and flashlights that diffuse the light and don't cause temporary blindness to humans from the bright glare, it would be safer for you, because i'd hate to be standing a few yards or meters away from a snake like that and temporarily lose my clarity of vision because the flashlight beam hit me in the eyes!
People who herp during night in a group know that they should point their lights down so nobody gets blinded.
I wonder if you walked that jungle how many Bushmasters would you see.
Probably none if you would not specifically look for snakes. Even if you would look for them, you have a high probability of finding none 😀
Bushmasters camouflage really well and remain motionless for long periods of time. You could probably walk right by one and not notice it. Even trained eyes, professionals, have a hard time spotting them.
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Thank you so much!
Unlike other pit vipers, they lay eggs.
Males are also larger than females
Did you watch the video? ;)
3rd longest venomous snake? You sure?
Yes, after the King cobra and the Black mam a.
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Thank you very much!
Beautiful patterns and coloring are beautifully displayed by your superlative filming. Congrats on your success of documenting an almost mythical snake.
Thank you so much! Great that you love our footage!
I must have missed the part where you explain why you are harassing these animals?
In order to get a nice nature history footage, we have to work with snakes a bit. We take good care of snakes, try to minimize stress and we release them back into their habitat asap.
@@LivingZoology Thanks! Footage is amazing.
the Yanomami Natives name of this snake is silent Fate.
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14:07 Um. did she say "i would prefer not to kiII him"? that seems wildly unnecesarry in this scenario and out of character for snake lovers.. especially considering its in its natural habitat.. I'm hoping that's a mistake on closed captions and my misunderstanding her accent..
She said: I would prefer not to tube him 🙂
@@LivingZoology Thanks! i assumed the closed caption had it wrong.. Idk if you have any control over the captions but may want to fix that 🙂
@@heybri , Artificial intelligence may kill off all of us humans someday ---- that is, if poor autocaptioning software doesn't get there first, causing nations to misunderstand each other and start lobbing missiles.....😳
Isn't there a black-headed bushmaster that is often more aggressive?
No snake is aggressive, only defensive if it feels threatened. Yes, there is a Black-headed bushmaster, it lives in Central America and it is very rare.
@@LivingZoology I don't know. I think there are plenty of bushmasters and mambas who would love nothing more than to sink their fangs into you.
@@victorcarbino8736 That is not true at all :) Snakes are peaceful animals and will only try to bite when cornered. If they have a chance to escape, they will always try to avoid confrontation.
@@LivingZoology There are snake handlers who claim mambas (and others) have a goal, and that is to bite you. I've never handled any venomous snake, so I wouldn't know personally. But there is disagreement on the matter.
You know, there could be a language issue here. Aggressive may have a slightly different definition than you think. If you accidentally walk within a few metres of a mamba, it may feel threatened and try to bite, which is an aggressive reaction. In short, over reacting to any attack, real or perceived, is a form of aggression.
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1 bite and youre dead, nobody gets anti venom in time out there, and i heard the anti venom against these bites arent as affective as u think. Messing around with one of those can be a swift death sentence
We work with deadly venomous snakes around the world for 10 years. We are aware of potential risks.
Even without anti venom, the chances of dying are very very small. Unless you get a very serious bite with huge yield.
@@ederss7 bro, 80% chance that you Will die or more Lol, The amount of poison you get is insane
I see a gorgeous pair of matching boots, belt, and hatband.
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that would be a collossal waste of such a beautiful animal.. plenty of other ways to make clothes tho i suspect your just trolling
Saw some those in Panama when I went to the Jungle Operations Training Course back in 1994.
Ft. Sherman
@@whitenoisejack yes sir
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She was annoying in the back ground
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I love your videos but I am not too sure what to think about all that handling, especially with species that are not very common. I get it - it is education and those shots are very hard to obtain, if not impossible without handling, but I prefer in situ shots without handling. Talking about education: This way of obtaining footage could also serve as a bad example for others, nature photography is full of examples regarding this problem.
I think you guys are professionals and I am not saying you have to go to zero handling but I would encourage you to reduce it and also adress the issue itself.
Thank you for watching our videos and we understand your point of view. We are always dealing with this issue - we try to minimize handling and work in the most natural conditions possible. We work with snakes because we want to educate people around the world about these animals and we already changed many people's fear into admiration. We always try to show that we take our time and efforts to release snakes back to the spot where we found them and overall we take great care about animals during filming. That is the reason why we are able to obtain such natural footage with natural behavior - animals are not stressed a lot when we work with them. The issue with nature photography is that many photographers don't really use their photos for education, it is often about showing off at photographic competitions. Our footage is able to educate masses and we hope that each snake we work with is becoming an ambassador for these reptiles.
Well we know Bushmasters are a combo relative from Cotton mouth and good majority of Rattlesnakes that’s why there venom is so effective it effects in more then one way at a time yet and we don’t know what rattlesnake it’s not related to there related to a good portion but no body bought the ? Up how about the tropical rattlesnake are Bushmasters related to them to like the other Rattlesnake one bite 5 min your dead it’s aggressive it’s 3 rd deadly viper it will chase what it but it who that’s why nobody can figure that out and I don’t. Mean the Blackhead Bushmaster I mean Silent Muta Muta venom is so deadly no cure
We don’t understand some parts of your message. Bushmasters are related to rattlesnakes and cantils/moccasins,copperheads and they have toxic venom, yes. No snakes are aggressive, only defensive if they feel threatened. Snakes also don’t chase people. There is antivenom available for people who got bitten by bushmasters or rattlesnakes.
Like you needed to take it out of the forest.
We did not take it out of the forest, we slept in the field station inside the forest.
Who cares how long..im running..
Some people care...those who are not afraid ;)
The brazilian surucucu
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They also make great targets for target practice
Congrats to you for writing the weirdest comment so far…
@@LivingZoology congrats to you for having the worse channel on RUclips
Why do you feel the need to harass these animals? It's unnecessary!! One day you'll take a bite & learn your lesson!!!🐍💕🐍
Thank you for wishing us such things. How do you think we film our footage? We need to work with snakes a bit and because we do it gently, we often get amazing shots of natural behavior. Thanks to our high quality footage we educate people around the world about these animals and we changed people’s fear of snakes into admiration so many times you can’t even imagine…
People who love snakes as much as we do, myself and the folks who make these videos, try to be as gentle and careful as possible. They probably only kept the snakes until it was light enough outside to film them, and then released them unharmed at the very same spots as they found them.
This kind of education teaches people to be less afraid of them, so that many, many people will stop seeing them as horrible, awful creatures and see their true beauty.
Education works, it's that simple. So the snakes they caught for maybe a day, were helping their fellow snakes to not be killed.
I believe if snakes could understand that, they would be happy to know that them being caught, unharmed and released back into their homes safely, would help to prevent other snakes from being killed in the future.
You should truly save your anger for people who slaughter snakes just to slaughter them. Giving them a death sentence for the crime of being born and breathing the same air.
Not for people who truly love and admire them, and just want to teach and show others that they're not nearly the evil creatures some people think they are.
@@metalmamasue3680 I've seen some spectacular footage of reptiles without handling them in any way. In their natural surroundings going about their business is the most beautiful thing in the world to see! I'm not angry at the people who do these videos, just asked a question! What's your problem!!!
@Spacey7 I don't have a problem. I was just explaining why people do handle them and take pictures. They spend a lot of money to take trips around the world to bring us footage of snakes many of us will probably never see in person.
I'm just passionate about educating people about snakes. I want to save their lives.
If my comment was offensive in some way, that was not my intent. I just love reptiles 🥰
And I don't think it's nice to wish anyone getting bitten by such venomous snakes. Bushmaster envenomations are very, very serious. So I could ask the same, what's your problem? Why would you want to suggest people who love snakes, get a bite and learn some kind of lesson ? Bites CAN and DO result in deaths if someone doesn't get medical help and antivenom in time.
People DO handle snakes to milk them for venom to make lifesaving antivenom, do you think they should take a bite to learn a lesson? Those snakes live in labs and the venom that's extracted, is used to save many, many lives.
Reptile handlers are trained, they know the risks and they take the risks to bring people videos to help ppl learn to appreciate snakes.
They also have ppl who's job is to remove and relocate snakes from backyards and properties, because of ppl like on this channel, everyday folks are learning about them & choosing to have the venomous snakes moved off their property and away from their homes, rather than just kill them.
Do you wish they get a bite and learn a lesson when they're just trying to save their lives ?
I think you should do some soul searching and ask why it makes you so angry that trained handlers spend a little time to handle snakes gently, get video and beautiful pictures to share with the world.
All in the hopes of saving their lives. That's not wrong or a bad thing.
I hate snake
Any time encountered with snake i don't hesitate to kill it right away 😢
A lot of people would be reluctant to state that in a public forum… for good reason.
Educating yourself about snakes is the best remedy for getting over your fear of them.
When you understand them better, you don't have to be afraid of them.
Getting close enough to kill a snake can actually increase your chances of being bitten.
No animal should be killed simply for the crime of being born and breathing the same air as we do.
We are the ones who moved into animal's homes, not the other way around. The least we can do is try to learn how to coexist with them.
The difference between scary and beautiful is knowledge. Try to learn more about snakes and you will realize how peaceful animals they are 🙂 They also have an important role in nature.
Love that the video did not have horrible music soundtrack
Great that you love to listen to nature sounds! 🙂
What is more dangerous, the Fer de Lance or Bushmaster?
The Fer-de-lance, it is much more common and prone to bite.
@@LivingZoology thank you for your videos. They are so educational and informative. I love that there is no voice over commentary, music or fancy optics. Please make many more in this format.